CISPA Passes In The House, (Again) But Faces Resistance In Senate And White House (Again) Forbes | April 18, 2013

The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act passed in the House of Representatives Thursday despite growing opposition to the bill, legislation designed to allow data about digital threats to be shared between the government and the private sector …

CISPA permits police to do warrantless database searches C|Net | April 18, 2013

A controversial data-sharing bill being debated today in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizes federal agencies to conduct warrantless searches of information they obtain from e-mail and Internet providers.

Rep. Alan Grayson … proposed a one-sentence amendment (PDF) that would have required … agencies to secure a “warrant obtained in accordance with the Fourth Amendment” …

… “notwithstanding any other provision of law,” including privacy policies and wiretap laws, companies may share cybersecurity-related information “with any other entity, including the federal government.” …